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Chapter 1 Product Information
1-1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server. This Compact
Storage Server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug your external
hard disk to the Compact Storage Server, connect the LAN port to your network, and do
some basic settings, and you're ready to share files. This Compact Storage Server
provides a total solution for the Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) and the Small
Office/Home Office (SOHO) markets, giving you an instant way to share and manage your
files through network.
1-2 Features
Built-in FTP and Samba server
Provides USB mass storage sharing function
Share files via FTP or Network Neighborhood
Supports FTP/ HTTP download agent
Supports P2P (BitTorrent) download
Supports UPnP/DLNA Media Server, iTunes Server
Supports Web Configuration
Firmware Upgradable
Supports Workgroup setup
Supports User Account management
Supports Samba, FTP share permission management
Supports HDD partition tool
1-3 Package Contents
One Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server
One Quick Installation Guide
One Power Adapter
One Antenna
One UTP cable
One CDROM (Utility, Multi-language QIG & Manual)
1-4 System Requirements
CPU: Intel Pentium III 750MHz above or Intel Celeron I GHz above
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7
Browser: IE 6.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 7.2 or above, Firefox 2.0.0.3 or above
External USB Storage:
Flash drive x 1
Maximum 3.5” USB HDD x 1 (Capacity: up to 2TB)
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Performance Notes:
We've packed a lot of neat functionality into a small, affordable package with this Wireless
11n Compact Storage Server.
Here are some notes regarding the performance of your device.
- For the best disk performance, please follow the wizard to format your disk into either
FAT32 or EXT2 file system.
- Limit the number of simultaneous movie or music streams being served by the
Wireless 11n Compact Storage Server.
- Scanning your USB drives for music will slow down the Wireless 11n Compact Storage
Server. You'll get better performance when music
scanning is turned off or after a scan is finished.
- Too much network traffic or wireless network interference can slow down file transfers
and media streaming.
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Antenna SMA
Connector
Release/Reset to
default Button
LAN Port
Power Jack
Chapter 2 Familiar with the NS-1500n
2-1 Back Panel
1) LAN Port
You should connect the LAN port of the NS-1500n to your hub/switch, or one LAN port
of your router etc.
2) Power Jack
Plug the power adapter of the NS-1500n.
3) Release/R.T.D Button
Press this button release it immediately, the system will release the external USB hard
disk attached to the storage server. After the Storage LED turns off, you can unplug the
attached USB hard disk safely.
Press this button for more than 5 seconds until the Storage LED starts to flash, the
system will restore the factory default settings for the storage server and restart it.
4) Antenna SMA Connector
Attach the antenna of the NS-1500n to get good wireless signal.
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USB Port
2-2 Front Panel
1) USB Port
The USB port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage device
plugged in.
Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices before you
connect them to the storage server.
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LED
Light
Status
Description
Storage
ON
Plugged USB mass storage device is ready for file
server
Off
There is no plugged USB mass storage device
Slow
Flashing
Storage server is starting; or the used space of the USB
mass storage is over 95%.
Fast
Flashing
The USB mass storage is full; or the storage server is
restoring factory default settings; or some error
happens.
LAN
ON
LAN port is connected
Off
LAN port is unconnected
Flashing
Data is transferring through the network
WLAN
ON
Wireless LAN is on and connected.
Off
Wireless LAN is disabled.
Flashing
Wireless LAN is enabled, but is not connected.
LAN LED
Storage LED
WLAN LED
2-3 LED
On the top of the NS-1500n there are LEDs, which show the status of the NS-1500n.
Below is the list of each LED and its description.
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Chapter 3 Device Installation
This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the NS-1500n
1. Plug your USB hard disk to the USB port of the NS-1500n. If your USB hard disk has
external power adapter, please make sure that the external power adapter is plugged
and is supplying power to your USB hard disk.
2. Connect the NS-1500n to your network as shown in the setup diagram below.
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3. Plug the power adaptor to the NS-1500n as shown in the setup diagram below.
4. When the Storage LED is steady lit, the NS-1500n is ready.
5. There are two methods to setup the NS-1500n:
(1) Use the Windows-based Storage Server Management Wizard utility to do the basic
setup;
(2) Use the Web-based GUI to do the advanced setup, just go to the next step.
6. The default IP address of the NS-1500n is 192.168.2.5. The PC to setup the NS-1500n
should be in the same subnet as the NS-1500n. If the IP address of your PC is not in
the range of 192.168.2.1~254, please modify the Windows IP address of your PC as
following diagram. If you have used Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility to
setup the IP of the Storage Server, you can skip this step, because the IP of the
Storage Server and your PC should be in the same subnet now.
Note: If you have to modify the Windows IP address of your PC, please remember the
original Windows IP address settings of your PC. After you finished the whole quick setup
procedure, you have to modify the Windows IP address settings of your PC back to the
original values to make your PC work well.
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7. Once the IP address of your PC is in the same subnet of the NS-1500n, enter the URL
of default IP address http://192.168.2.5 (default IP address of the NS-1500n) into your
PC‟s web browser and press <enter>. If you have modified the IP of the NS-1500n by
some way, for example, by using the Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility,
please use the new IP of the NS-1500n.
8. The login screen below will appear. Enter the “User Name” and “Password” and
then click <OK> to login.
Note: By default the user name is “admin” and the password is “1234”.
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When you see the screen below, you are ready to setup the storage server.
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Parameter
Description
System Time
Current system time.
MAC Address
The MAC address of this storage server.
Firmware Version
The version of storage server firmware.
Server Name
The name of this storage server. This is the file server name that
shows in My Network Places on client computer.
Workgroup
The My Network Places group this file server will join.
Description
The description of this storage server.
IP Address
The IP address used by this storage server in your network.
Subnet Mask
The IP Subnet Mask of your LAN segment.
Gateway
The gateway IP address of your network.
Wireless Function
It shows if the wireless function is enabled.
Chapter 4 Status
4-1 Status
This page displays the status and basic information of the NS-1500n.
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Status
The status of wireless connection
Mode
The wireless connection mode.
SSID
The SSID of wireless network.
Channel
The channel number of wireless network.
Security
The security type of wireless connection.
BSSID
The BSSID of the wireless interface.
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Parameter
Description
Type
Logs are categorized into several types. Please select a suitable
type of log that you want to check.
Key Words
You can enter key words here and click “Search” to let the
system searches all log information that contain the key words.
Save
Click “Save” to download and save the log information into your
PC.
Clear
Click “Clear” to clear the log information of the selected type.
|<<
Move to the first page of log.
<<
Move to the previous page of log.
>>
Move to the next page of log.
>>|
Move to the last page of log.
4-2 Log
This page displays the log information of the Storage Server.
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Parameter
Description
E-mail Notification
Function
Select to enable/disable E-mail Notification Function.
Primary E-mail
The e-mail address of the e-mail box that will receive notification
e-mail messages.
Secondary E-mail
The e-mail address of the e-mail box that will receive notification
e-mail messages.
SMTP Server
The address of the SMTP Server that the storage server will use
to send notification e-mail messages. You should refer to your email service provider for the correct address.
SMTP Port
The port number of the SMTP Server that the storage server will
use to send notification e-mail messages. You should refer to
your e-mail service provider for the correct port number.
Secure Connection
(SSL) is required
Select it if your e-mail service provider requires it.
Authentication
Required
Select it and fill in the login information below if your e-mail
service provider requires you to provide user name and password
when using the e-mail service.
Username
The user name required by SMTP server.
4-3 Notification
This page lets you to setup e-mail account that the storage server will use to send
notification e-mail to you when the status of the storage server changes. You can assign
two e-mail addresses (primary and secondary) for notification. Both e-mail boxes will
receive the notification messages.
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Password
The password required by SMTP server.
Confirm Password
The password required by SMTP server. It should be the same
with the password above.
E-mail Subject
The subject of the e-mail notification messages sent by the
storage server.
E-mail Language
The language of the content of the e-mail notification messages
sent by the storage server.
Send a test
message
Click this button and the storage will send a test e-mail
notification message to the provided e-mail boxes. If you receive
the test e-mail notification message, it means your e-mail
notification settings are correct.
E-mail Notification
Events
Select types of notifications that you want the storage server
send to you by e-mail.
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Chapter 5 Quick Setup
Quick Setup will guide you through the basic settings of the storage server step by step.
When you click “Quick Setup” in the left menu, a Quick Setup window will pop up.
Note: If this is the first time the USB mass storage device is used in the storage server,
the storage server will automatically erase old partitions and data in the USB mass storage
device and re-create partition and format the USB mass storage device. Please make sure
original valuable data in the USB mass storage device is backed up before doing Quick
Setup.
5-1 Build Disk (Partition & Format)
If this is the first time that the hard disk drive is used in this Storage Server, select “AutoBuild Disks & Create Shared Folders”. If the hard disk drive was used in the Storage
Server before and you want to keep the data in the hard disk drive, select “Leave Disks
Unchanged”. If the hard disk drive was used in the Storage Server before and you want to
erase all data and rebuild the disk, select “Clear & Rebuild All Disks”.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
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Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
If you select “Auto-Build Disks & Create Shared Folders” or “Clear & Rebuild All Disks”, the
data in the hard disk drive will be ERASED. The following page let you to confirm it or
abort the erasing operation. If you want to let the Storage Server build disk for you, please
select the file system format to build.
Note: If you will move the USB hard disk to a Windows PC, you should select FAT32 as
file system format. But FAT32 file system has a limitation that the max size of each file is
4GB. If the USB hard disk is dedicate for the Storage Server and will not be moved to a
Windows PC, EXT2 file system format is recommended, because it does not have 4GB file
size limitation.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-2 Password
Enter the new password of storage server. A valid password should consist of 0~30
alphanumeric characters. The “New Password” and the “Confirm Password” should be the
same.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-3 Network
Setup the IP address and DNS address of the storage server. You can manually assign IP
address or let the storage server to obtain IP address from DHCP server automatically.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-4 Storage Server Name
Assign a name to the storage server. A valid storage server name consists of 4~15 case
sensitive alphanumeric and underline characters.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-5 Turn on Functions
Select functions that you want to turn on.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-6 Time Zone
Select the time zone of your location. During this configuration, the storage server will
synchronize its time with your computer and remember it. After this configuration, the
storage server will also automatically try to synchronize its time with public time server in
Internet every time when it restarts.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
5-7 Confirm Settings
List the setting values of Quick Setup for your confirmation.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup.
Click “Apply” to make all the settings of Quick Setup take effect.
Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup
session will not take effect.
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5-8 Apply Settings
After you click “Apply” in the confirmation page, the following page will display and the
Quick Setup will start to apply the settings to the storage server. It will take several
minutes to apply the settings.
After the Quick Setup settings values are applied, the storage server will restart and the
following page will display. Please wait for a while.
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Click “Finish” after the storage server restarts.
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5-9 Shared Folders Automatically Created by Quick Setup
Quick Setup will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder
names and their usage are listed as follows:
Public_USB1: You can access “Public_USB1” anonymously with reading and writing
privilege by FTP and Windows My Network Places (Samba). The absolute path in the
storage server of “Public_hdd1” is “[USB1]C:\Public\”.
Media: The folder “Media” is located under the “Public_USB1” folder, so the folder
“Media” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network Places
(Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The media files in “Media” folder can be
accessed by iTunes and DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox
360…etc. The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Media” is
“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\”.
Image: The folder “Image” is located under the “Public_USB1\Media” folder, so the
folder “Image” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network
Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The image files in “Image” folder
can be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox 360…etc.
The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Image” is
“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Image\”.
Music: The folder “Music” is located under the “Public_USB1\Music” folder, so the
folder “Music” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network
Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The music files in “Music” folder
can be accessed by iTunes and DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox
360…etc. The absolute path in the storage server of folder “Music” is
“[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Music\”.
Video: The folder “Video” is located under the “Public_USB1\Media” folder, so the
folder “video” is also anonymously accessible by FTP and Windows My Network
Places (Samba) with reading and writing privilege. The video files in “Video” folder can
be accessed by DLNA compliant media adapters like Sony PS3, Xbox 360…etc. The
absolute path in the storage server of folder “Video” is “[USB1]C:\Public\Media\Video\”.
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Parameter
Description
Set Time Zone
Select the time zone of the country you are living. The
storage server will set its time based on your selection.
Time Server
Address
You can manually assign time server address if the default
time server does not work.
Chapter 6 Basic
The basic configurations include the Time Zone and Password setup pages.
6-1 Time Zone
The Time Zone allows this storage server to base its time on the settings configured here.
This will affect functions such as update time of files stored in this storage server.
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
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Parameters
Description
Current
Password
Enter your current password.
New Password
Enter your new password.
Confirmed
Password
Enter your new password again for verification purposes.
6-2 Password
You can change the password required to log into the management GUI of the
storage server. By default, the password is “1234”. Please change the password as
soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Password can contain 0 to 30
alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive.
Note: If you forget your password, you have to reset the storage server to the factory
default (password is “1234”) with the “Release” and ”Copy” buttons (see front panel of the
storage server).
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
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Parameters
Description
Obtain an IP
address
automatically
DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a network. If
you have a live DHCP server in your network and wish this
storage server get IP address from your DHCP server, please
select “Obtain an IP address automatically”.
Note: According to the settings of you DHCP server, the IP
address obtained from your DHCP server may change by time.
Use the following IP
address
If you want to manually assign an IP address to this storage
server, please select “Use the following IP address” and assign IP
Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address to the storage
server here.
IP Address
The IP address used by this storage server in your network.
Subnet Mask
The IP Subnet Mask of your LAN segment.
Gateway Address
The gateway IP address of your network. Normally, it is the LAN
IP address of the router you are using to access the Internet.
DNS address
Fill in the IP address of a live DNS server.
Chapter 7 Network
The Network configurations include LAN and WLAN settings.
7-1 LAN
The LAN configurations include the IP address and DNS settings. A Domain Name
System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a
Web address into your browser, such as www.router.com, a DNS server will find that
name in its index and reply the matching IP address.
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Secondary/Third
DNS Address
(optional)
This is optional. You can enter another DNS server‟s IP address
as a backup. The secondary/third DNS will be used when the
above DNS server fails.
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
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Parameters
Description
Wireless Function
You can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to
Enable/disable the wireless function.
Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the Storage Server. At this
mode, the Storage Server will automatically decide to enable or
disable the wireless function. When the Storage Server starts up,
it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active
network by an Ethernet cable. If this is the case, the Storage
Server will run in Ethernet mode. If the Storage Server is not
connected to an active network by Ethernet cable, the Storage
Server will run in wireless LAN mode.
Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the Storage Server at the
first, after configuring the Storage Server features and wireless
settings; they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the
wireless connection. It makes the configuration much easier
without creating the wireless connection in advance.
Note: After you have set the wireless function, please remove the
Ethernet cable and then re-plug the power jack of the Storage
Server to activate the wireless connection.
Enable – Enable wireless function only, the Storage Server‟s
wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always
disabled.
Disable – Disable the wireless function, the Storage Server‟s
wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always
7-2 WLAN
The WLAN configurations make the storage server connect to a wireless network through
an access point or peer to peer connection. You can protect your wireless network by
WEP or WPA security.
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enabled.
Mode
If you use any access point to build up wireless network, you
have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any
access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up
wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”.
ESSID
You can use “Site Survey” function to let the Storage Server
scan for an available access point or peer-to-peer network
automatically or manually assign the ESSID (or SSID) of the
access point or peer-to-peer network you want to use.
Channel
In Ad-Hoc Mode, you have to assign the channel number used by
the peer-to-peer network.
Site Survey
Click “Site Survey” button to select an available access point or
peer-to-peer network nearby. Please refer to the following Site Survey section for details.
Security Settings
If your wireless network is not protected by encryption, you can
select “Disable”. If your wireless network is protected by
encryption, you can select “WEP” or “WPA pre-shared key”
according to your network configurations. Please refer to the
following Security Settings section for details.
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
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7-3 Site Survey
The site survey table will list the available access points and peer-to-peer networks near
the Storage Server. Select an access point or peer-to-peer network in the list and click
“Done”. If you cannot find the access point or peer-to-peer network that you want to use,
click “Refresh” to let the Storage Server scan again.
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Parameters
Description
Key Length
You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length for the encryption key.
Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth
communication performance.
Key Format
If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit
ASCII values as the encryption keys.
For example: “0123456aef” or “Guest”.
If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13-digit
ASCII values as the encryption keys.
For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.
Default Tx Key
You can select one of the following 4 keys as the default Tx key.
Key 1 to Key 4
Enter four key values by following the key format rules above.
7-4 Security – WEP
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Parameters
Description
WPA (TKIP)
TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key
every 10,000 packets. This insures much stronger security than
the standard WEP security.
WPA2 (AES)
AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security
and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced
solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless
network.
Pre-shared Key
Format
You can select to enter 64-digit Hex value as pre-shared key or
enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the pre-shared key for
the authentication within the wireless network.
Pre-shared Key
Enter the value of the pre-shared key according to the format you
selected above.
7-5 Security – WPA Pre-Shared Key
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7-6 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
Before using WPS function to let your storage server get wireless LAN settings from the
access point of your wireless network, you have to make sure that your access point has
WPS function enabled and is in “Registrar” mode and pincode for WPS is not required.
After starting WPS session on your access point, you have to finish WPS setting before
session time out.
You have to click “Start PBC” button of your storage server to let the storage server get
wireless LAN settings from your access point.
After clicking “Start PBC” button on the storage server, the “Start PBC” button will
disappear and it will start to count down. It will try to use WPS to get wireless LAN settings
within 120 seconds.
After counting down finished, the “Start PBC” button will appear again. The wireless LAN
settings will become the current values of your wireless LAN.
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Parameters
Description
Add
Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New User page to
add a new user for File/FTP server.
Edit
You can select any user in Users list and click “Edit” to modify
her/his profile.
Delete Selected
You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected users in
Users list.
Delete All
You can click “Delete All” to delete all the users in Users list.
Reset
You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Users list.
Chapter 8 File/FTP Server
The File/FTP server configurations include the Users, Groups, Server Settings, Shared
Folder and Easy Send setup pages.
8-1 Users
Users setup is used to add/edit users of File/FTP server.
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Parameters
Description
User Name
The name of this user. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟
and „_‟.
Note: The user name should be unique and should not be the same
with any other user name and group name.
Description
The description of this user.
Password
The password of this user
Confirm
password
Re-type the password of this user for confirmation.
E-mail Address
The e-mail address of this user. The storage server will send
some messages to this user by e-mail if necessary.
8-2 Add a New User
Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
Note: The max number of users supported in File/FTP server is 32
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Parameters
Description
Add
Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New Group page to
add a new group for File/FTP server.
Edit
You can select any group in Groups list and click “Edit” to modify
its profile.
Delete Selected
You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected groups in
Groups list.
Delete All
You can click “Delete All” to delete all the groups in Groups list.
Reset
You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Groups list.
8-3 Groups
Groups setup is used to add/edit groups of File/FTP server. You can add one or more
users to a group.
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Parameters
Description
Group Name
The name of this group. The allowed characters are „a-z‟, „A-Z‟, „0-9‟
and „_‟.
Note: The first character of group name should be „a-z‟ or „A-Z‟.
Note: The group name should be unique and should not be the
same with any other user name and group name.
Description
The description of this group.
Select Authorized
Users
Select the users that you want to add to this group by selecting the
check on the right.
8-4 Add a New Group
Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
Note: The max number of groups supported in File/FTP server is 12
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My Network Places
Parameters
Description
Name
The file server name that shows in My Network Places on client
computers.
Workgroup
The My Network Places group this file server will join.
Description
A brief description of this file server. This string will be shown at the
detailed information field of My Network Places.
FTP Settings
Parameters
Description
Max Users
Set the maximum concurrent users for the FTP server.
Idle Time
Set the time that FTP server will wait before disconnecting a FTP
client when it is inactive.
FTP Client
Language
(Encoding)
Select a language (or encoding) used by the FTP clients. If the
encodings of FTP client and server are different, the file transfer will
fail when there is any double byte word in the folder name or file
name.
Security
(SSL/TLS)
A secured FTP connection can be protected by SSL/TLS
encryption. If you select “No”, all FTP connections are not protected.
If you select “Only allow FTP clients with SSL/TLS”, then only
protected FTP connection is allowed. Any client cannot create FTP
8-5 Server Settings
This storage server supports CIFS (Samba) and FTP protocols. Samba lets you share files
stored in the storage server via My Network Places. FTP lets you share files stored in the
storage server through Internet.
Note: The maximum file size of a single file is 2GB if the partition type is FAT16; the
maximum file size is 4GB if the partition type is FAT32 or NTFS; the file size can be larger
than 4GB if the partition type is EXT2 or EXT3.
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connection without SSL/TLS protection. If you select “Allow FTP
clients with or without SSL/TLS”, then the FTP server will receive
connection from clients in both ways.
Click <Save> to save the configurations.
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Parameters
Description
Add
Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add/Edit Shared Folder
page to add a new shared folder.
Edit
You can select any shared folder in Shared Folders list and click
“Edit” to modify its setting.
Delete All
You can click “Delete All” to delete all the shared folders in Shared Folders list.
Delete Selected
You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected shared
folders in Shared Folders list.
Reset
You can click “Reset” to reset selection in Shared Folders list.
New Storage
Default Sharing
Policy
You can set a default sharing policy (Read & Write, Read Only or
Not to Share) to any USB storage which doesn‟t have any shared
folder yet. The whole disk of the new storage will be shared. All
users (including anonymous user) have the same privilege to
access the new storage.
8-6 Shared Folders
You can add/edit shared folders settings here. The shared folders can be shared by FTP
and My Network Places.
Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
Note: The max number of shared folders supported in the storage server is 100
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Parameters
Description
Folder Name
The name for shared folder that shows in My Network Places on
client computer.
Shared Folder‟s
Path
Click on “Browse” to select the folder to be shared.
If you select “Share all folders in storage”, the storage server will
create a share item for each partition of all currently attached
storages. The share name of each share item consists of three
parts, assigned folder name, disk name and partition name, and the
three parts are separated by “_”. The disk name is USB1. For
example, if you add a shared folder by assigning “All” as the folder
name and select “Share all folders in storage”, and now you have
one USB hard disk drive with 3 partitions attached on USB port.
Then after you create the shared folder, there will be 3 share items
created with the name of “All_USB1_C”, “All_USB1_D”,
“All_USB1_E”.
Users/Groups
You can assign access privilege of the shared folder to all users and
groups here. There are three users/groups lists. The left list
contains all users and groups that have not been assigned privilege
on this shared folder. The upper right list contains all users and
groups that only have read privilege on this shared folder. The lower
right list contains all users and groups that have read and write
privileges on this shared folder. If you assign “Read Only” or “Read
& Write” privilege to “anonymous”, then all users can access this
folder without password.
Description
The comments or descriptions for this share folder.
Shared to
You can select to share the folder via My Network Places and/or
8-7 Add/Edit Shared Folder
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FTP.
Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations..
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8-8 Browse Dialog
When you click the “Browse” button, you can see the following popup screen that shows
all the attached USB mass storage devices. Please select a storage device from left panel,
the right bottom panel will show the folders in this storage device. Choose the folder you
want to share, and click “Submit” to share the selected folder. You can also click “New
Folder” to create a new share folder.
Note: Only the folders in the storage devices will be shown as icons in Browse Dialog,
because the unit of sharing policy is restricted to folders, not files.
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Parameters
Description
Life cycle of sent
file
You can assign the life cycle (in days) of the sent file. Every sent file
will be deleted after the end of its life cycle and the storage space
used by the deleted file is freed.
Internet address
of this Storage
Server
You have to provide a valid Internet address of this Storage Server for
recipients to download files from the Internet.
If the storage server is directly connected to Internet, then the LAN IP
address is the public IP address that your Internet service provider
assigns to you.
If the storage server is connected to Internet through an IP sharing
router, then the WAN address of the IP sharing router is the Internet
address of this storage server and you also have to setup the IP
sharing router to forward FTP traffic to this storage server.
If your Internet service provider assigns fixed public IP to you, then
you can use the fixed public IP address as the Internet address of this
storage server.
If your Internet service provider assigns dynamic public IP to you,
your public IP address will change frequently. You should use DDNS
service to map a fixed domain name address to the dynamic public
IP, and use this fixed domain name address as the Internet address
of this storage server.
If you leave this field blank, than the storage server will use your
current LAN IP address as Internet address of this storage server.
Enable storage
space limitation
Check this if you want to limit the storage space used by Easy Send.
You also have to assign the storage space limitation for the whole
8-9 Easy Send
Easy Send let you easily send files to everyone including person without a user account of
the storage server. Every time when you send a file, the storage server will automatically
generate a randomly encoded download address (in text, like a URL) of the file for you.
You can send the download address to the recipients by e-mail, messengers and other
ways. Every recipient who has this download address can download the file without a user
account of the storage server. Because every download address is composed of a
randomly encoded long text string, so hackers are very difficult to guess it right.
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Easy Send system and the storage space limitation for each Easy
Send user. Easy Send will refuse to send new files for you if the total
size of your sent files reaches the limitation.
Easy Send
History
Easy Send History list information of all sent files.
Detail
Click this button to read the details of sent file. It also contains the
links to download the sent files from both LAN and Internet.
|<<
Move to the first page of Easy Send History.
<<
Move to the previous page of Easy Send History.
>>
Move to the next page of Easy Send History.
>>|
Move to the last page of Easy Send History.
Go
Move to the page according to the assigned page number.
Delete Selected
Delete selected sent files and free the storage space used by them.
Delete Selected
Delete all sent files and free the storage space used by them.
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Parameters
Description
BT Download
Function
You can enable or disable BT Download Function here.
Advanced
Setting
Click this button and Advanced Setting page will show.
Add Torrent
Click this button to add a new torrent (files with .torrent extension) file,
and the storage server will start to download the files. You‟ll be
prompted to provide the location of .torrent file (See the detailed
descriptions below)
Refresh
Click this button to get latest status of BT Download.
Pause
Select one or more downloading BT items in the list, and click this
button to pause them.
Resume
Select one or more suspended BT items in the list, and click this
button to resume downloading.
Remove All
Remove all BT items from the list.
Remove
Selected
Remove selected BT items from the list.
Reset
Deselect all selected BT items in the list.
Chapter 9 BT Download
This storage server supports BT (stands for BitTorrent) peer-to-peer file download function.
You can let this storage server download files via BitTorrent protocol without switching
your computer on. You can also see all downloading BT items here. Please make sure the
storage server has enough remaining storage space to save the download files.
Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility
to manage the download items.
Note: Due to the download mechanism used by BitTorrent, it‟s not recommended to use
USB flash disks to save the files you wish to download.
Click <Save> button to save the configurations.
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Note: The max number of BT download items is 32
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Parameters
Description
Torrent Location
Please specify the location of .torrent file. You can provide the
Internet URL of a .torrent file (for example:
http://www.torrentfile.com/files/movie.torrent), upload a .torrent file
from your PC, or browse and select a .torrent file stored in the storage
server. If you select “Internet Address”, please fill the URL address of
torrent file, or you can just copy the URL address of torrent file from
web browser; If you select “PC” or “This File Server”, click “Browse”
and a file browsing window will popup, and you can select the torrent
file in your PC or the storage server.
Assign a folder
on this file
server to save
the files
Please click „Browse‟ button and a file browsing window will popup.
Please specify the folder you wish to save downloaded files. (You can
create a new folder by clicking “New Folder” button in file browsing
window).
Priority
Please assign a priority level to this BT download item. Available
options are „VIP‟, „High‟, and „Low‟. The priority will affect the order of
BT download.
For example, if you set the maximum active BT download item
number to be 5 in the Advanced Setting page, only 5 active BT
Download items can be downloaded at the same time. If you have
more than 5 BT Download items, every BT Download item with lower
priority will be downloaded only when no more than 4 higher priority
active BT download items are downloading.
9-1 Add BT Torrent
After you click „Add Torrent‟ button, you‟ll be prompted to provide the location of a torrent
file and the folder to save the downloaded files.
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Add
Click this button to add the BT Download job to the list.
Reset
Reset all fields in this page to default value.
Cancel
Cancel adding a new BT Download job and return to previous page.
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Parameters
Description
Listening ports
used for
incoming
TCP/UDP
connection
The port range BT listening to during downloading. If you are using a
NAT router to access the Internet, let the router forwarding these
ports to the IP of storage server. It will increase the BT download
speed.
Maximum
download rate
per torrent
The maximum download rate per torrent in Kbytes per second. Enter
“0” if you do not want to limit the download speed of BT.
Maximum
upload rate per
torrent
The maximum upload rate per torrent in Kbytes per second. Enter “0”
if you do not want to limit the upload speed of BT.
Maximum
number of active
downloads
The maximum number of active torrents that can be downloaded at
the same time. If you add more download items, some items have to
wait in turn.
Maximum
concurrent
connection
number per
torrent
The maximum number of connections can be used to download a BT
download item at the same time.
DHT network
Enable DHT network would let the BT have a chance to find more
peers to download even when no tracker servers are available.
9-2 Advanced Setting
After you click “Advanced Setting” button, the BT Download Advanced Setting page will
show. You can set the port number used by BT, bandwidth control, maximum active
download number and enable/disable DHT here.
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Parameters
Description
Web/FTP
Download
Function
You can enable or disable Web/FTP Download Function here. Click
“Save” to apply changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.
Internet Address
Please specify the URL of file you wish to download from Web or FTP
server.
For example: ftp://ftp.fileserver.com/files/download.zip
or http://www.downloadfile.com/files/download.zip
URL Encoding
The URL encoding method of the download source Web/FTP server.
The Web/FTP server will encode double-byte characters of URL. If
the URL encoding method assigned is not the same with the
Web/FTP server, download will fail.
Save As
Please specify the location you wish to save downloaded file. Click
“Browse” button to select the folder you wish to save the file.
Chapter 10 Web/FTP Download
This storage server supports downloading file from Web and FTP server, so you can
download large file from Web or FTP server without keeping your computer switched on.
Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility
to manage the download items.
Note: Before a file can be downloaded and saved, please make sure the free space of the
storage is enough.
Note: Only 5 active Web/FTP Download items can be downloaded at the same time. If you
have more than 5 Web/FTP Download items, some items have to wait in turn.
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User Name
This field is optional. Please input the server‟s username here if the
server requires it.
Password
This field is optional. Please input the server‟s password here if the
server requires it.
Add
Click this button to add the download job above to the download list
and start downloading.
Reset
Reset all fields in this page to default value.
Refresh
Click this button to get latest status of Web or FTP download.
Pause
Select one or more downloading items in the list, and click this button
to pause them.
Resume
Select one or more paused items in the list, and click this button to
resume downloading.
Remove All
Remove all items from the list.
Remove
Selected
Remove selected item from the list.
Reset
Deselect all selected items in the list.
Note: The max number of Web/FTP download items is 32.
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Chapter 11 Download Manager
If you have installed the Storage Server Wizard utility, the Download Manager will also be
installed. (For the details of Installation, please refer to Quick Installation Guide) The
Windows-based Download Manager utility can automatically search for storage servers
and let you manage the web/FTP/BT download items.
11-1 Start Download Manager
You can select “Start All Programs Storage Server Download Manager” to start
Download Manager.
11-2 Search for Storage Server
When starting, the Download Manager will scan your network for all available storage
servers and list them to you. If you do not see the storage server, please check the
network connectivity and click “Rescan”. Select the storage server in the list and click
“Connect” to login the storage server. You also can click “Enter the address manually” if
you know the address of the storage server.
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Parameters
Description
Address
If you select a storage server from the list in the previous step, then
this is the address of the selected storage server and you cannot
modify it.
If you click “Enter the address manually” in the previous step, then
you have to assign the address of the storage server here.
User Name
Enter your login account for the storage server.
Password
Enter your password for the storage server.
Remember the
address of this
Storage Server
If you check it, Download Manager will remember the address of the
storage server. Every time when you start Download Manager, the
address of this storage server will be listed in the server list for
selection, even when the storage server does not exist in your
network during the scanning.
Remember me
on this computer
If you check it, Download Manager will remember your account for the
storage server. Every time when you enter this login window, your
account will be in the User Name list for selection.
Remember my
password
If you check it, Download Manager will remember your password for
the storage server. Every time when you enter this login window and
use the same user name for login, Download Manager will
automatically fill your password.
Automatically
login
If you check it, Download Manager will remember your account and
password for this storage server. Every time when you start Download
Manager, it will directly login. This login window will not display.
Select another
Storage Server
Go to the previous step to scan for available storage server and select
a storage server again.
11-3 Login Storage Server
The Download Manager will prompt you for the login information of the storage server for
connecting to the storage server.
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11-4 Manage Download Items
After you login, the main window of Download Manager will pop up as following picture.
There are two major parts in the window. The BT Download part is to manage the
download items of BT, the Web/FTP Download part is to manage the download items of
Web/FTP.
All BT download items are listed in the BT Download list and all Web/FTP download items
are listed in the Web/FTP Download list. The Download Manager will automatically refresh
both lists every 60 seconds.
Through Download Manager, you can click “Add” to add a download item, or click
“Remove” to remove a download item.
Every stopped download item has a “Resume” button and you can resume that stopped
download item by clicking the “Resume” button; Every non-stopped download item has a
“Pause” button and you can stop that download item by clicking the “Pause” button.
For every BT download item, there is also a “Priority” combo box. You can adjust the
priority of BT download items by re-selecting the priority for each BT download item.
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The status of each download item is displayed by foreground and background color as the
following picture. All download items with error or pause state are in gray background color;
other download items are displayed with white background color. All trying or downloading
items are displayed with blue words; all waiting items are displayed with red words; all
finished items are displayed with green words.
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11-5 Add a Download Item
When you click “Add” button of BT Download, the following window will pop up. You can
assign a torrent of BT download item here. You can upload a torrent file from your PC or
just enter the Internet address (URL) of the torrent file. If you provide an Internet address
of the torrent file, the storage server will download the torrent file from the Internet address
first and then download the files you want according the content of the downloaded torrent
file. You also have to assign the path of a folder on the storage server to save the
downloaded files and the priority of the download item.
When you click “Add” button of Web/FTP Download, the following window will pop up. You
have to assign an Internet address of the file. You also have to assign the path of a folder
on the storage server to save the downloaded file. If the server requires you user name
and password during download, you also have to assign them.
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If you are using Microsoft IE to surf the Internet and find a link of an interesting file that you
want to download, you can click the right button of your mouse on the link and the
following menu will pop up.
Select “Download with Download Manager”, then the download job will be added to
Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on
the storage server.
If you double click a torrent file in Windows Explorer (try to open a torrent file), then the
download job with added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files
will be saved in default path on the storage server.
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If the download job cannot be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are
adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may due to the storage server or
the Download Manager are busy, the following window will pop up.
This window will keep displaying before the download job is successfully added into
Download Manager. You can click “Cancel” in this window to abort adding it to the
Download Manager. After the download job is added to the Download Manager, this
window will disappear automatically.
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11-6 Main Menu
There are “Operation” and “Settings” menu in the main window of Download Manager.
You can select “Operation Refresh Download List” to let Download Manager refresh
both download lists.
If you select “Operation Log Out”, the Download Manager will disconnect current
storage server and the following Select Server window will pop up. You can scan and
connect to the other storage server here.
If you select “Operation Exit”, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the
main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear.
You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download
function by selecting the corresponding item in the “Settings” menu.
If you select “Settings Setting”, the following window will pop up to let you decide if you
want Download Manager automatically log in when it starts up.
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11-7 Tray Icon
After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as
follows.
When you close the main window of Download Manager as the following picture, the
Download Manager is still executing in the background and the tray icon of Download
Manager is still displaying.
When you double click the tray icon of Download Manager or click the right button of your
mouse on the tray icon and select “Show Window” in the pop-up menu, the main window
of Download Manager will display again.
If you click the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select “Exit” in the pop-up
menu, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray
icon of Download Manager will disappear.
You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download
function by clicking the right button of your mouse on the tray icon and select the
corresponding item in the pop-up menu.
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Parameters
Description
iTunes Server
You can enable or disable iTunes Server here. Click “Save” to keep
changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.
Server name
Please assign a name to iTunes server. All iTunes clients will need
this name to locate this iTunes server. The length of a valid server
name is from 4 to 20 characters. It is case sensitive.
Media folder
Please specify the folder where the media files are stored, and all
media files inside the folder you specified here will be shared to all
iTunes clients. You can click „Open‟ button to select the folder on the
attached storage device.
Advanced
Setting
Click this button to modify advanced settings for this iTunes server.
Detailed instructions are listed below.
Refresh
Click this button to get latest status and user list of iTunes Server.
Chapter 12 iTunes Server
iTunes is a popular and powerful multimedia player, and supports streaming media. If you
have media files supported by iTunes, you can share these file by iTunes server and let
other computers or iTunes-compatible media players play these media files online.
After you click “Advanced Setting”, you‟ll be prompted to configure the advanced settings
of this iTunes server:
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Parameters
Description
Protect by
password
You can protect this iTunes server by password, so only iTunes
clients who know this password will be able to share media files.
By selecting “Disable”, everyone in your network will be able to
access your media files, and if too many users are accessing the
media files at the same time, iTunes server may respond slower or
even stop responding. It‟s recommended to select “Enable” to protect
your iTunes server by password if you want to prevent non-privileged
people from using your media files.
Password
If password protection is enabled, please specify the password of
iTunes server here.
Confirm
Password
Please confirm the password of iTunes server here.
Rescan interval
Please specify the time interval in second between two iTunes server
scans. The iTunes server periodically scan media folder for newly
added files. The valid rescan interval is from 30 to 65535 seconds.
You can also click “Rescan” button to start a scan immediately. The
required scan time varies depend on the number of media files. It may
take several minutes to finish.
It‟s recommended to use default value (300) to prevent iTunes server
from rescanning too frequently. A short rescan interval will make
iTunes server respond slower.
Process m3u
If the folder where media files are located includes any m3u (playlist)
file, iTunes server will read it and generate proper playlist for iTunes
clients.
Playlist
If you have a playlist file, you can upload it from PC or select it from
an attached storage device (by selecting “File Server”). You can click
“Open” to choose playlist file from your PC or attached storage
device.
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Back
If you want to discard all settings listed in this page, click this button to
return to previous page.
Save
Click this button to save all settings in this page. You‟ll be prompted to
restart the iTunes server, so all changes you made in this page will
take effect after restarting.
Reset
Reset all fields in this page to default value.
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Parameters
Description
Media Server
You can enable or disable media server function here. Click “Save” to
keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made.
Server Name
Please specify the name of media server here. Media players need
this name to locate this media server.
Rescan Interval
Please specify the time interval in second between two media server
scans. The media server periodically scan media folder for newly
added files. The valid rescan interval is 0 or from 30 to 65535
seconds. 0 rescan interval means NO AUTO RESCAN. You can also
click “Rescan” button to start a scan immediately. The required scan
time varies depend on the number of media files. It may take several
minutes to finish.
It‟s recommended to use the value larger than 300 to prevent media
server from rescanning too frequently. A short rescan interval will
make media server respond slower.
Save
Click this button to save general settings of media server.
Add
Click this button to add a new folder to store shared media files. You‟ll
be prompted to select a folder on the attached storage device.
Remove Select
Remove selected folder from the list.
Remove All
Remove all folders from the list.
Reset
Deselect all selected folders in the list.
Chapter 13 Media Server
The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA
compliant media adapters and players through network.
Note: The max number of shared folders supported in Media Server is 12.
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Parameters
Description
Enable/Disable
Surveillance
Select Enable or Disable and click “Save”.
Add IP Camera
Click “Add IP Camera” and a wizard will guide through the procedure
of setting the IP camera. Please refer to the section “Add/Edit IP
Camera” for details.
Refresh
Click “Refresh” to refresh the status of surveillance.
Manual
Recording
Click to manually start recording. Click to manually stop
recording.
Detail
Click “Detail” to get the detail settings and status of the IP camera.
Edit
Click “Edit” to modify the settings of IP camera. Please refer to the
section “Add/Edit IP Camera” for details.
Delete Selected
Click “Delete Selected” to delete selected IP camera from the
Surveillance List.
Delete All
Click “Delete All” to delete all IP cameras from the Surveillance List.
Reset
Click “Reset” to reset your selection in the Surveillance List.
Chapter 14 Surveillance
Surveillance let you record live video from IP camera. You can schedule the recording or
record live video manually.
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14-1 Add/Edit IP Camera
A wizard will step by step guide you through all the settings of IP camera.
You can click “Search Local IP Cameras” to search your local network for all IP cameras
and select the IP camera to add in the list. You can click “Add Manually” if you have
already known the address of the IP camera.
14-2 Search Local IP Cameras
The Local IP Camera List has all available IP cameras in your network. Click “Add” of the
IP camera you want to add.
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Parameters
Description
IP Camera
Name
Assign a name for the IP camera.
IP Camera
Model
Select the model of IP camera from the list.
Address
Address of IP camera.
Port
Port number of IP camera.
Login Name
The login user name of the IP camera.
Password
The login password of the IP camera.
Test Camera
Click “Test Camera”. Surveillance will try to capture a snapshot from
the IP camera. When the snapshot of the IP camera is showed in the
window above this button, it means your settings are correct.
14-3 Basic Information of IP Camera
You can edit basic information of IP camera in the first step and click “Next” to move to the
next step of setting.
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Parameters
Description
Video Format
Select the video format of IP camera.
Frame Rate
Assign the speed (frames per second) of the recording.
Video
Resolution
Provide the width and height (in pixels) of the IP camera resolution.
14-4 Video Information of IP Camera
You can edit video information of IP camera and click “Next” to move to the next step of
setting.
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Parameters
Description
Storage Path
Click “Browse” to select the folder to store the recorded video of IP
camera.
Max Storage
Size
Assign the maximum size (in mega bytes) of storage space used to
record the video of the IP camera.
Max File Size
Assign the maximum size (in mega bytes) of recorded video file of the
IP camera. Every time when the video file size reaches the limitation,
Surveillance will create another video file to continue recording.
File Name Prefix
The prefix string of file name of each recorded video file.
Max Duration of
Each File
Assign the maximum duration (in minutes) of each recorded video file
of the IP camera. Every time when the video file duration reaches the
limitation, Surveillance will create another video file to continue
recording.
Cyclic Recording
Check it to enable cyclic recording. In cyclic recording mode, when
the used storage space of the recording has reached the limitation,
Surveillance will delete the oldest video file and free storage space for
new video file. Otherwise, Surveillance will stop recording of the IP
camera.
14-5 Recording Settings
You can edit the settings of recording parameters and click “Next” to move to the next step
of setting.
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Parameters
Description
Enable schedule
of this IP
camera
Check this item to enable schedules below.
One-off task
You can select start time and end time of each one-off task.
Delete
Click “Delete” to delete the one-off task.
Add
Click “Add” to add more one-off tasks.
Weekly task
Click and then click the hour periods of a week to mark the
recording time. You also can click and then click the hour periods
with green blocks to mark the idle time.
You can click “All” button to mark the whole week. You can click the
button of a day to mark the whole day. You can click the number of an
hour to mark the hour time of every day.
14-6 Schedule Settings
You can setup the recording schedules in the final step of setting and click “Save” to save
and apply the settings.
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Parameters
Description
Check & Fix Disk
Click “Check & Fix Disk” to let the storage server check and fix the
format of the file system of the storage devices. Please refer to the
section “Check & Fix Disk” for details.
Auto Partition &
Format
By clicking this button, the system will partition and format the
attached storage device automatically. Please refer to the section
“Auto Partition & Format” for details.
Tool
You can format the attached storage device by this tool. The format
may take several minutes to finish, depends on the size of the
partition.
Note: The data originally stored in the partition will be erased after
the format even you stop it before the job is finished.
Add a Partition
By clicking “Add” button, you can launch the “Add a Partition page”
to add a new partition in the attached storage device.
Remove Selected
Partitions
You can click “Remove Selected Partitions” button to remove the
selected partitions in the attached storage device.
Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after
they are removed.
Remove All
Partitions
You can click “Remove All Partitions” to remove all the partitions in
the attached storage device.
Chapter 15 Tools
The storage server provides several management tools, including Storage Tools, Storage
Status, USB Copy, Config Tools, Firmware Upgrade and Reset.
15-1 Storage Tools
You can use the Storage Tools to manage the partition and format of the storage devices.
Note: When you use the Storage Tools to partition or format the hard disk drive, the
system will stop all service first. So please make sure that you have finished all file transfer
before using Storage Tools.
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Note: The data originally stored in the partitions will be erased after
they are removed.
Reset
You can click “Reset” to reset selection in partition list.
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Parameters
Description
Select Partitions
Select all partitions you want to check.
Run Time
You can select “Now” to let the check start immediately. You also
can select “Later” and assign a schedule time below.
Action
If you select “Check errors”, the storage server only checks for file
system errors. The storage server will not fix the error and the data
will not be modified. So it is a safe operation.
If you select “Check errors and fix them”, the storage server will try
to fix errors found in the file system. If there are too many errors in
the file system and the storage server fails to fix all of them, some of
your data may be lost.
Added Task
It shows the added check and fix task.
Delete the task
Click “Delete the task” to delete the check and fix task.
15-2 Check & Fix Disk
Check & Fix Disk can check and fix the file system error of the hard disk drive. Before start
up, a warning window will pop-up to inform you that this action may damage your data.
Click “OK” to continue.
Note: When the storage server is doing Check & Fix Disk for your hard disk drive, the hard
disk drive is occupied. All the services of the storage server will be stopped.
You can select the partition and schedule a check and fix job here.
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Apply
Click “Apply” to submit the check and fix task.
Report
Click “Report” to read the reports of check and fix tasks.
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15-3 Auto Partition & Format
This function will build partition and format the attached storage device according to the
following rules.
Note: The data originally stored in the attached storage device will completely disappear
after you doing “Auto Partition & Format” even you stop it before the job is finished.
Note: It creates a single partition with the size of the whole USB mass storage device.
Note: During the process, user can click the “Stop” button to stop the job before it is
finished and back to Storage tools page to add or remove partition manually.
You can select “FAT32” or “EXT2” as format of the USB mass storage device. If you want
to plug the USB mass storage device into a Windows PC later, please select “FAT32”. If
the USB mass storage device is dedicated for the storage server and will not be plugged
to other devices including PCs, please select “EXT2” to get better performance.
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Parameters
Description
Size of the
Space
The total free space that can be assigned to this new partition.
New Partition
Size
You can assign the size of the new partition.
File System
The Storage Tools will format the new partition. You can select
FAT16, FAT32, EXT2 or EXT3 format. The format may take several
minutes to finish, depends on the size of the partition.
15-4 Add a Partition
You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it.
Note: The partition size of FAT16 file system should be less than 2GB; FAT32, EXT2 and
EXT3 have no such limitation.
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Parameters
Description
Unplug
You can click this button to unplug the external USB mass storage
device. If the LED of the USB port is off, you can safely detach the
USB mass storage from this storage server.
Partition
The partition name of the attached storage device.
Size
Total space of this partition.
Used
Total used space of this partition. Here shows the size in byte and
the percentage of the total space.
Free
The remaining free space of the partition.
Status
The type of the partition. It can beFAT16, FAT32, NTFS or Linux.
Refresh
You can click this button to refresh the Storage Status.
15-5 Storage Status
This page shows the status of all attached storage devices.
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Parameters
Description
Configuration
Tools
Use the "Backup Settings" tool to save the storage server‟s
current configuration to a file named "config.bin" on your PC. You
can then use the "Restore Settings" tool to restore the saved
configuration to the storage server. Alternatively, you can use the
"Restore to Factory Defaults" tool to force the storage server to
perform a power reset and restore to original factory settings.
15-6 Configuration Tools
The Configuration Tools allow you to save (backup) the storage server‟s current settings.
Saving the configuration provides an added protection and convenience when there‟re
some problems with the storage server, and you have to reset to factory default to solve
the problem. You can upload the saved configuration to the storage server through the
Restore Settings tool. If extreme problems occur you can use the Restore to Factory
Default tool, this will set all configurations to its original default settings (e.g. when you
purchased the storage server)
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Parameters
Description
Firmware Upgrade
This tool allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s system
firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your storage server, you need
to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that
file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also
click the browse button to locate the firmware file on your PC.
15-7 Firmware Upgrade
This page allows you to upgrade the storage server‟s firmware
Click “Next” to go to the upload firmware file page.
After you selected the new firmware file, click “Apply” at the bottom of the screen to start
the upgrade process. (You may have to wait few minutes for the upgrade to complete).
Once the upgrade is complete you can start using the storage server.
Warning: When upgrading firmware, be sure not to switch the computer off, or restart your
computer, or break the network connection of your computer.
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Parameters
Description
Reset
In the event that the system stops responding or stops functioning,
you can perform a reset. Your settings will not be changed. To
perform the reset, click on the “Reboot” button. You will be asked
to confirm your decision. Once the reset process is complete you
may start using the storage server.
15-8 Reset
You can reset the storage server‟s system when there‟s something wrong with the storage
server. The reset function will reboot your storage server.
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Chapter 16 Storage Server Management Wizard
Storage Server Management Wizard is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It
step-by-step guides you through the setup of the storage server.
16-1 Login the Storage Server
Select “Start All Programs Storage Server NetDisk Explorer” to execute
NetDisk Explorer.
When the Storage Server Management Wizard starts, all Storage Servers in your local
area network will be listed. Select the Storage Server you want to configure, and click
“Next”. If you do not find the Storage Server you want to configure, please check the
network connection, and then click “Rescan” to restart searching.
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Type the password and click “Next” to login the Storage Server that you want to configure.
(The default password is “1234” if you never change it.
The window of Storage Server Management Wizard will show after you successfully login
the storage server.
You can click “Quick Setup” to let the wizard step-by-step guide you through the basic
setting of the storage server.
You can click “Extension Functions” if you want to install or remove extension function
packages of the storage server.
You can click “Upgrade Firmware” if you want to upgrade the firmware of the storage
server.
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16-2 Quick Setup
Quick Setup is a wizard which can guide you through the procedure of formatting hard disk
drive, network setup, user setup and application setup. After doing Quick Setup, you can
start using the storage server. Please refer to “Quick Installation Guide” of the storage
server for details.
16-3 Extension Functions
The storage server is providing total solution for the SOHO requirements. The provider of
the storage server may provide new packages of extension functions for the storage in the
future. You can install the packages of extension functions by the Storage Server
Management Wizard.
16-4 Install Extension Function
After clicking “Extension Functions” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the
following extension function management window will show. Click “Install Extension
Function” to start installing a package of extension function. You can consult your provider
of storage server for any available extension function and download the package for
installation. The package of extension function is a file with “.ssi” extended file name.
Select the package file (.ssi file) of the extension function in your PC and then click “Open”.
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In the pop-up window which shows the extension function name, click “Next” to confirm
installation.
You have to wait for several minutes until the installation is completed.
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When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful installation message,
the installation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.
The installed extension function will be listed in the installed program list as follows.
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16-5 Remove Extension Function
You can remove installed extension function by Storage Server Management Wizard. After
clicking “Extension Functions” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the following
extension function management window will show.
All installed extension functions will be listed in the installed program list.
To remove an extension function, select the extension function to remove in the list and
click “Uninstall”.
To remove all extension functions, click “Uninstall All”.
A pop-up window will ask you if you want to uninstall the selected extension function. Click
“Yes” to confirm the uninstallation.
Please wait for several minutes until the uninstallation is completed.
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When you see the following pop-up window showing the successful uninstallation
message, the uninstallation is completed. Click “Next” to finish it.
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16-6 Upgrade Firmware
After clicking “Upgrade Firmware” in the Storage Server Management Wizard, the
following select firmware file window will show. You can consult your provider of storage
server for any available new firmware. The firmware is a file with “.bin” extended file name.
Select the firmware file (.bin file) and click “Open”.
Note: After upgrading firmware, the configuration of the storage server will be set to
factory default values.
In the following pop-up message window, click “Next” to confirm the upgrade.
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The upgrade will take several minutes. You SHOULD NOT turn off the power of the
storage server during the upgrade. If you turn off the power of the storage server during
upgrade firmware, the storage server may fail and you may not be able to start it
successfully any more.
When the following window shows, the upgrade is completed successfully.
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Chapter 17 NetDisk Explorer
NetDisk Explorer is a Windows client utility for the storage server. It provides a friendly
user interface for you to upload or download files between your PC and the storage server.
You can manage your file and folders on the storage server.
17-1 Login the Storage Server
Select “Start All Programs Edimax NetDisk Explorer” to execute NetDisk
Explorer.
All available storage servers in your local network will be listed in the pop-up window.
Select your storage server and click “Connect”. If your storage server is not in the list, click
“Rescan” to search again. If your storage server is not in your local network (for example,
in the Internet) and you know the address of your storage server, you can click “Enter the
address manually” to login the storage server.
Enter the User Name and Password of your account in the Login window. Click “Connect”
to login the storage server.
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